Check out what’s on during your holiday in 2008.

(This page is one of those that just keeps growing as event organisers publish their event.  If you have an event you'd like mentioned on here, then please contact us!)

Plymouth Events
Plymouth Pavilions
Tavistock Wharf
Plymouth Vue cinema
Theatre Royal Plymouth

Farmers Markets - an ever increasingly popular way to purchase some of the best food and drink in the country.  You can get to meet the folk who produce these wonderful things, sample their wares, and get ideas on how to cook and present your food. 

Tavistock - 2nd and 4th Saturday monthly, 9am to 1pm             
Plymouth - 2nd and 4th Saturday monthly, 9am to 4pm        
Gunnislake - 2nd Saturday monthly, 10am to 1.30pm
Kingsbridge - 1st Saturday of the month
Dartmouth - 2nd Saturday of the month
Ivybridge - 3rd Saturday of the month
Totnes - Last Saturday of the month
Exeter - every Thursday.  9am - 2pm

March
All of March  Try your hand, (or feet) at ice skating at the wonderful Eden Project
15th & 16th Mar  Half price weekend at the South Devon Railway
16th Mar  Sport Relief run a mile taking place all around the place, and at Eden
19th Mar  Buddy Holly Official 50th Anniversary Tour at Plymouth Pavillions
20th - 24th Mar  Eden Project has some Easter Fun! 
21st - 24th Mar  Easter Egg Trails at the National Trust. 
23rd Mar  Meet Sir Francis Drake at Buckland Abbey
23rd & 24th Mar  Easter Transport Extravaganza at the South Devon Railway

April
1st - 20th April  Try your hand, (or feet) at ice skating at the wonderful Eden Project
1st & 2nd April  French & Saunders live at Plymouth Pavillions.
6th April  Bird and Nest Day at Lydford Gorge.
8th - 13th April  Sinatra at Plymouth Pavillions.
12th & 13th  Spring Bonnet Parade at Saltram House
13th April  Meet Sir Francis Drake at Buckland Abbey
16th April  Blitz Day at the Merchants House in Plymouth.  Dance in the great hall & make music!
18th April Buena Vista Social Club at Plymouth Pavillions.
19th April  Dartmoor Jail Break
22nd April  Bjork:Volta Tour 2008 at Plymouth Pavillions
23rd April  The Australian Pink Floyd Show at Plymouth Pavillions
25th April  David Essex in Plymouth Pavillions
26th April  Trevithick Day in Camborne
26th April  Model Exhibition at Plymouth Guildhall
26th & 27th April  Diesel Gala 2008 at the South Devon Railway
26th & 27th April  Plymouth Boat Show at Queen Anne's Battery Marina

May
1st May  Obby 'Oss Day in Padstow
1st May  Morris dancing at The Leaping Salmon, Horrabridge 8pm
3rd - 5th May  Special family fun weekend at the South Devon Railway
8th May Helston Floral Dance Day - same date each year (except if it's a Sun or Mon then it's the Saturday before)!
8th - 17th May  Daphne du Maurier Festival, Fowey 01726 879500
11th May  Artemis Transat Race starts in Plymouth
15th, 16th & 17th May Devon County Show 
17th & 18th May  Battle of Stamford Hill, Bude 01288 354240
22nd May  Morris Dancing at the Walkhampton Inn, Walkhampton
23rd May - 1st June  Fal River Festival, Falmouth.  01872 862090
24th May  Brixham Heritage Week Regatta - starts at 12:40
25th May  Plymouth Half Marathon
25th & 26th May  Steam & Vintage Rally, Launceston rugby ground, Polson.
25th & 26th May  West Country Branch Line weekend at the South Devon Railway

June 
1st June  Robey Trust Steam Fair in Bedford Car Park, Tavistock
5th, 5th & 7th June  The Royal Cornwall Show 
5th June  Morris dancing at the Burrator Inn, Dousland
7th June  Jazz festival at Morwellham Quay
7th June  Horse and Dog Show at Cornwood, Ivybridge
8th June  Plymouth Race for Life
13th - 15th June  Falmouth Sea Shanty Festival
15th June  South West Motor Show at Newton Abbot Race Course
15th June  Maritime & Wheels Event at Devonport Naval Base.  Vintage vehicles, entertainment, tours, visit submarine HMS Courageous, fire, police and lots more.  Entry by programme £2.50 per family.  01752 554200
19th June  Morris dancing at the Dolphin, Barbican 8pm
21st - 29th June  Polperro Festival 01503 272604
25th June - 5th July  Mevagissey Feast Week
27th - 29th June  Looe Festvial by the Sea

July
3rd - 6th July  Quest Natural Health Show, Newton Abbot Race Course
10th July  Morris dancing at Drake Manor, Buckland Monachorum.  8pm
12th & 13th July  Military Vehicle weekend at the South Devon Railway
12th - 19th July  Tavistock Carnival Week
15th - 19th July  Music of the Night at the Royal Citadel Plymouth
17th July  Launceston Agricultural Show, Kennards House (off A30 towards Bodmin)
19th July  Jazz picnic at Saltram House Plymouth
25th - 27th July  Boconnoc Steam Fair, near Liskeard.  01208 872507
26th & 27th July  Tavistock Food Festival
26th July - 3rd Aug  Sutton Harbour Festival in Plymouth
26th July - 1st Aug  Charlestown Regatta
27th July - 3rd Aug  Torbay Carnival Week
27th July - 2nd Aug  Looe Carnival Week
30th July  RNAS Culdrose Air Day, Culdrose Airfield, Helston

August
1st - 3rd Aug  Plymouth Classic Yacht Rally
1st - 3rd Aug  Torbay Carnival Week
2nd Aug  Seth Lakeman Gig at Morwellham Quay
2nd Aug  Start of the Tintagel Carnival Week
3rd Aug  Riverboat Shuffle Jazz  boat from Plymouth to Morwellham Quay
6th Aug  The North Devon Show
7th - 10th Aug  August Fair at the South Devon Railway
8th - 10th Aug  Dartmoor Folk Festival at Sunnyhill, South Zeal, Okehampton
12th & 13th Aug British Firework Championships, Plymouth - not to  be missed!
14th Aug  Okehampton Show
16th Aug  Agricultural Show at Cornwood, Ivybridge
16th Aug  Bude Carnival
17th - 23rd Aug  Fowey Regatta Week.  01726 833616
19th - 30th Aug  Blood Brothers at The Theatre Royal
21st Aug  The Chagford Show
23rd Aug  Sea Cadet Band Concert - 1pm - 5.30pm Plymouth Hoe
23rd - 30th Aug  Bude Jazz Festival.  01288 354240

September
6th & 7th Sept  Ladies Gig Championships, Newquay
9th Sept  Widecombe Fair
This is held each year on the second Tuesday in September in the lovely moor town village of Widecombe in the Moor. The fair was the inspiration for the well-know folksong, with Uncle Tom Cobley and All! The fair includes pony shows, gymkhana, competitions, sheep and cattle shows with numerous sideshows, races and refreshments, and plenty of great characters if you like to ‘people watch’!
13th & 14th Sept  Heritage Gala & Real Ale Festival at the South Devon Railway
10th - 13th Sept  Funchal 500 Tall Ships Race, Falmouth.  01326 312300
20th - 24th Sept  Looe Valley Walking Festival
22nd & 23rd Sept  Mens Pilot Gig Championships.  Newquay
26th - 28th Sept  Cornwall Food and Drink Festival, Truro.  01872 274555

October
1st Oct  Callington Honey Fair
4th & 5th Oct  Food & Crafts Festival, Boscastle
8th Oct  Tavistock Goosey Fair
Held on the second Wednesday in October, every year since the 12th Century!
Farmers brought their geese for sale, and drove them through the streets to the market. Although this practice has virtually stopped, it is still possible to try a goose lunch at the various restaurants and cafes in town on that day.
The fair attracts market traders and showmen from all over the country. Stalls and side shows are set up in the centre of the town, and the adjacent roads are filled with over 200 traders.
People from all over the West Country come for the fair, and old and young alike enjoy the atmosphere, especially in the evening when the fairground music plays out over the sounds of squeals of laughter!
16th - 19th Oct  Falmouth Oyster Festival.  01326 312300
20th - 25th Oct  The Witches of Eastwick at The Theatre Royal